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Taobao product recommendation – Smoking gun food smoker

October 2, 2020 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Smoked food tastes good. We all know this because everybody loves BBQ and grilled food right? Health concerns aside, we want to eat smoked food once in a while. Most of us don’t have the luxury of using a smoker at home (large cabinet with wood burning at the bottom, or stove top smoker which … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Spend-thrift Tagged: Cook at home!, Product Recommendation, Review, Taobao

Taobao product recommendation – Non-stick stainless steel wok

September 30, 2020 by yenkai Leave a Comment

We all know that food sticks to stainless steel cookware, but now, they have figured out how to make stainless steel non-stick. The surface is made to minimize contact with the foodstuff such that the food “floats”. This is a winning combo – abrasion-proof and non-stick, plus even heating. But, does it really work as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Spend-thrift Tagged: Product Recommendation, Review, Taobao

Taobao product recommendation – Sleep-wearable Bluetooth earphones

September 29, 2020 by yenkai Leave a Comment

I learned about ASMR only recently. I would be interested because I often don’t sleep well. I did a search on Taobao and found that indeed there are earphones that are targeted at ASMR usage, i.e. for wearing during sleep. To make an earphone sleep-wearable, the buds have to go in all the way so … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Product Recommendation, Review, Taobao

Taobao product recommendation – Churros tools

August 24, 2020 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Churros is surprisingly easy to make, to the point that i don’t understand how people can make a business out of selling Churros alone. The recipe is simple and idiot proof, but you do need to get the piping bag and star-shaped tip. Related posts: Korea destinations – Busan Taobao product recommendation – vacumm food … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Spend-thrift Tagged: Product Recommendation, Taobao

All grain brewing using Taobao-bought all-in-one brewing system

August 6, 2020 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Okay, to use the term “brewing system” is to give higher praise than deserved to the simple kettle plus pump i recently bought from Taobao. But basically that is all you need to do grain brewing – a kettle for mashing and boiling and a pump for sparging – the three stages involved in grain … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Spend-thrift Tagged: Beer, Taobao

Taobao product recommendation – silicone cake mould

July 22, 2020 by yenkai Leave a Comment

A parfait housed in a cup shape cake is like a dream, and i couldn’t resist trying my hand at making one. The major obstacle is in demoulding the cake, and i wondered if a silicone cake mould would help. In short, it works like a charm. I made the cake using a souffle recipe, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Spend-thrift Tagged: Product Recommendation, Review, Taobao

Taobao product recommendation – Beer all grain brewing all-in-one kit

July 20, 2020 by yenkai Leave a Comment

I’ve been brewing beer from extract since the beginning (woah it’s been almost five years just like that), and that’s probably the right place to start for beginners. It couldn’t be easier, but everyone has to progress to grain brewing at some point. The traditional method usually involves a three tier system which takes up … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Spend-thrift Tagged: Beer, Product Recommendation, Taobao

Qoo10 product recommendation – Deep fryer machine

July 20, 2020 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Have always wanted to get my hands on one of these deep fryer machines. Deep frying is one of those things i used to dread because of the amount of oil used, from both the wastage and health points of view. Well, having done deep frying quite a bit by now, you could say i … [Read more…]

Posted in: Eat/Drink, Spend-thrift Tagged: Product Recommendation, Qoo10

Taobao shipping options 2020

June 9, 2020 by yenkai 2 Comments

A lot has changed since Taobao shopping became popular a few years ago. I would recommend doing shipping differently than before. First up, forget about Taobao direct or consolidated shipping. It is SLOW, and relatively expensive. The air shipping could take as long as the sea shipping offered by other forwarders. Overall the shipping feels … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Parcel Forwarding, Taobao

Shopee product recommendation – Ozone air purifier

May 20, 2020 by yenkai Leave a Comment

The other day i mentioned that i was going to get an Ozone air purifier for my fridge. Well, today i took delivery of the Enerfer Ozone air purifier. I’m very pleased with both the price and the dimensions of this product. It is rather diminutive and won’t take up much of your precious fridge … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Product Recommendation, Review, Shopee
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